PlayWithClock vs Telling Time Academy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlayWithClock
An interactive clock application designed to help users learn to tell time. It allows manipulation of clock hands, provides spoken time in English and Japanese, and offers time-telling challenges. Users can even record their own voices for spoken time.
- Manipulate clock hands
- Listen to spoken time (English/Japanese)
- Time-telling challenges
- Record custom voice for time
- Switch between English and Japanese
- Customizable clock parts and colors
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An analog clock app to rotate the hands and see and hear the time. Try clock questions, record your voice to speak the time, switch Japanese and English display and audio, repeat the time at intervals, check X minutes before or after, and customize clock parts and colors. Reading analog clocks can help develop math skills. Enjoy it in your free time. Thank you for more than 1 million downloads (iOS only)!
Telling Time Academy
This app helps children aged 3-12 learn to tell time through interactive games and engaging visuals. It offers five difficulty levels and covers concepts from basic analog reading to AM/PM and 24-hour notation. A city-building reward system encourages continued learning and engagement.
- Interactive clocks with movable hands
- Learn analog and digital time conversion
- Understand AM/PM and 12/24 hour formats
- 9 mini-games and learning modes
- City-building reward system
- Multiple language support
- 5 difficulty levels
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Telling Time Academy is great for kids from ages 3 to 12 and comes in 5 difficulty levels so that it helps kids master telling time progressively. We understand the many challenges faced by parents when explaining clock concepts to young children and that is why Telling Time Academy balances the need for learning with fun and interactive games. Telling Time Academy is available in multiple languages! All recorded by professional native speakers (English, French, Spanish, German). Beautifully designed interface: - Includes 9 beautifully hand drawn interactive clocks that come with movable hour and minute hands especially designed for small fingers! - Creatively designed animated rotating earth which alternates between sunrise, noon, sunset, and night backgrounds. - Easy to use interface specifically designed for young learners Telling Time Academy includes 9 mini games and features: - Learn to set the time via Interactive clocks with movable hour and minute hands! - Learn to read a clock/to tell time. - Learn conversion between analog clock and digital clock - Learn the concept of day and night. - Learn how to use AM/PM, 12 hour and 24 hour clock notation. - Quiz Mode (Learn concepts such as ‘o’clock‘, ‘midnight’, ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’, ‘quarter to’, ‘past’, ‘to’, etc.) - Stop The Clock - A fun and exciting game designed with an educational focus. With the clock minutes hand ticking, kids will have to stop the clock as per quiz question (for example, Stop the clock at 9:45!). - Clock Puzzle - help kids learn the positions and use of all clock components such as digits, hour hand and minute hand. - Discover time at your own pace in our new Explore Time play mode! - Designed for kids aged 3-12! 5 difficulty levels to choose from. - Tutorials for young learners. Build a City Reward Feature: - Earn coins while playing and build up the city of your imagination. - City background changes from day to evening to night depending on the current time! Connect with us! Visit us: https://www.123kidsacademy.com/ Like us: https://www.facebook.com/123KidsAcademyApp Brought to you by 123 Kids Academy, creators of the award-winning toddler games for kids aged 2-7 year old. Our goal is to promote learning through play with the purpose of helping kids develop useful learning skills. Our educational games have been enjoyed by children and used in classrooms all around the world! Your child’s privacy and safety is our top priority. We will never share your personal information with 3rd parties or sell it on. Telling Time Academy is also 100% Ad-Free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlayWithClock at 82% against Telling Time Academy's 0%. PlayWithClock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). Telling Time Academy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Telling Time Academy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayWithClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayWithClock holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of PlayWithClock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Telling Time Academy's.
PlayWithClock ships an update every 6 weeks, Telling Time Academy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayWithClock | Telling Time Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | 4.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akiyo Imanaka | 123 Kids Academy LLC |
Customer experience
PlayWithClock
Telling Time Academy
In-app purchases
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Telling Time Academy
- All contents$7.99
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